I heard about this a couple months ago. While I would love to have seen them continue Aang's storyline from where it left off, considering the number of unanswered questions, as well as future plots they left us with(ex. Zuko trying to locate his mother). So it is a bit of a disappointment in that regard, but the fact that they are continuing the Avatar series is just amazing.

Knowing the genius behind the series, they'll know how to tie all the lose ends left by the original series, most likely with perfect execution.

On another note, I watched the first ten minutes of the movie, would have thrown up if I was forced to bare any more of it. So the fact that there even a possibility of them continuing the movie series, especially under Shamalalalan is just appalling.

So the planned number of episodes for Legend of Korra has more than doubled! WOOT! The current number is now 26(it was 12 before). Hopefully they raise it once more(at least).

But unfortunately the show has been pushed back to next year. It had originally planned to premier this fall. But I can wait that long for this.

Also, this time around all the episodes are being written by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko(the creators of Avatar), where as in the original series episodes had various writer from episode to episode(but the head writer for all of them was Aaron Ehasz). But I'd say this change is a good thing because most of my favorite episodes were written by Koniezko and DiMartino.

I probably won't love it as much as the orignal series. and I still would have proffered a direct sequel to the Last Airbender with all the original people we loved(Aang, Katara, ect.). AND BY GOD THEY LEFT SO MANY LOOSE ENDS AT THE END OF THE SERIES.

But I really don't like how modernized it all looks. I mean, it's only been like 70 or 80 years since Avatar: The Last Airbender. And quite a bit of the city could have easily passed as being in the 21st century rather than some ancient past. I mean flashbacks from the original series that go back, like, 300 years show very little change in the world. But I suppose technology and architectural booms(specifically after choatic, destructive wars) are a very real thing, which could explain such a change.

But never the less, the show will still blow my mind I'm sure.

EDIT: Just watched through it again. There is electricity. And cars. That's pushing it, big time. Next thing you know, she's gonna be fighting guys with machines guns.